Google Maps is full of mysteries. The latest one is the mysterious dots that appeared on the map of New York – near the Brooklyn Bridge.
As you can see in the screenshot below, these dots form an almost perfect square, which is confusingly similar to popular QR codes.
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Anyway, you can see the mysterious cord yourself. Just enter Google Maps through a browser or application, and then enter the location in the search engine window “Pier 2 Field at Brooklyn Bridge Park”. The last step is to change the display mode to street view.
Mysterious dots on Google Maps. Is it a QR code?
As Reddit users explain, (their locations are presented as small dots on the map). The problem is that after clicking on the individual dots, no pictures appear.
Although there are many indications that the mysterious code was supposed to be a QR code that would lead to a specific address on the web, something went wrong along the way. Internet users have been trying to read the code for several days using all available QR scanners – unfortunately without success.
QR codes – an invention that we owe to the Japanese
As explained by Marta Górecka in an article in Next.Gazeta.pl, QR codes were created in 1994 in the Japanese company Denso Wave, which at that time dealt, among others, with production of barcode readers.
The Japanese began to look for ways to encode more data, but so that reading was still lightning fast – and inexpensive! The efforts were crowned with success, the new codes began to be widely used in industry and logistics, and after a few years they began to be used by ordinary users. Mobile Internet was in its infancy at that time – it was considered that the ability to open a website without tediously entering its address would be a hit
As shown in last year’s report “Starcom HX Study: The use of QR codes by consumers”, 70 percent. Poles declare that they have ever scanned a QR code, 64 percent. confirms that they scan regularly, and every second that they scanned a QR code in the last month or even less.
Interestingly, the greatest increase in codes over the last 2 years was recorded in the oldest surveyed group, people over 55 (39%) and among people with secondary education (28%). Most often, we scan in public spaces – in shops, means of transport or museums.
Source: Gazeta
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